so thomas richie and dennis lieberman voted on friday to go forward with weekend early voting there. and for those efforts, they were suspended from the elections board by the secretary of state for the crime of voting to offer the residents of their county more opportunity to vote. the republican secretary of state, john husted, has now threatened to remove them from office. think about this, though. he didn't just say no to the proposal for weekend voting. he didn't threaten to take away the jobs of the republicans who also participated in that vote and voted the other way. he didn't just fix his directive about early voting hours to close the loophole about weekends so it would also apply to weekends and be standardized across the state. instead, he just told the democrats and i'm quoting here, you leave me no choice but to begin the process necessary to remove you from the montgomery county board of elections. remove? they were hauled before a state hearing that will ultimately decide their fate or help to decide their fate. they were grilled by an attorney for the secretary of s

so thomas richie and dennis lieberman voted on friday to go forward with weekend early voting there. and for those efforts, they were suspended from the elections board by the secretary of state for the crime of voting to offer the residents of their county more opportunity to vote. the republican secretary of state, john husted, has now threatened to remove them from office. think about this, though. he didn't just say no to the proposal for weekend voting. he didn't threaten to take away the jobs of the republicans who also participated in that vote and voted the other way. he didn't just fix his directive about early voting hours to close the loophole about weekends so it would also apply to weekends and be standardized across the state. instead, he just told the democrats and i'm quoting here, you leave me no choice but to begin to process of removingia from the montgomery county board of elections. remove? they were hauled before a state hearing that will ultimately decide their fate or help to decide their fate. they were grilled by an attorney for the secretary of state's offi

thomas richie and dennis lieberman and chris redfern thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> coming up, four years ago today barack obama was nominated president with a message moving forward. that's next. you do this every morning? it's the only way to get fresh coffee. not in my house! this new flavor lock pack from maxwell house helps seal in freshness. wow! that is fresh! am i still yelling? [ male announcer ] maxwell house flavor lock. always good to the last drop. [ male announcer ] maxwell house flavor lock. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >>> the republican convention begins in tampa this week. but i can't help thinking about another convention. four years ago today then senator barack obama was nominated for president in denver. when he accepted

but election officials dennis lieberman and thomas richie recognized the importance of weekend voting and decided to allow weekend voting anyway. and today, john hustard fired them for it. lieberman and richie joined us on the show last night. here is what they said when i asked if they were prepared to be fired. >> it is as i explained to my children, you know, i can get another job but i-can't get another conscience. and the right thing to do here is to have early voting. >> in 2008 we had 28,732 people participate in early vote here in montgomery county. and all we were attempting to do was give the voters the right to vote. >> all they were trying to do is give voters more opportunity the t vote and they were fired for it. it is shameful. but we are going to continue to fight for them and to protect the vote around the country. we have all come too far to let anyone turn us around and turn us back now. acked, ...yellowed... giggled, snuggled, ...yellowed... chatted, chewed, ...yellowed. and over all those years, your teeth...have yellowed. fact is, if you're not whitening, you're